Headed rod.



A. BAYT'ON.

' HEADED Roo.

APPLICATION FILED lLY 3l. 1914.

Patented J al1. 4, 1916.

www' M me UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE).

ALBERT BAYToN, or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, AssICNoR To REED MANUFACTURING CoMPANY, E ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CoRPoRATIoN or PENNSYLVANIA.

4IiEAnEn Ron.

speciati'on of Lettersratent.

1,166,738. Patented Jan. 4,1916.

Application filed July 31, 1914. Serial No. 854,288.

To all 'whom it may concern: f

Be it .known that I, ALBERT BAYTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Headed Rods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to headed rods andconsists in certain improvements in the conand has an opening 4 formed in it of a size suflicient to permit the entry of the rod 1. The cross dimensionfoithe opening between the sidesv 5 is approximately the diameter of the rod 1. The opening as-will be observed isoval. The ribs or shoulders 6 are var ranged within the opening 4 and extend transversely of the head s0 that when the head is 1n place 1n the opening, these ribs 10 struction thereof as will be hereinafter fully or shoulders (S will register withv the slots 65 described and pointed outin the claim. 2. The shoulders are of a depth to correi 'lhe invention relates to rods such as vise spond to the depth of the slots and are of handles on which there is formed a head. a length inan axial direction to make a With some of'such heads, as for instance.. closel fit with the side walls of the slots.

vise handles, a great consideration is to se- The cross dimension of the opening between 70 curely attach the head to the rod leaving a 4the end 7 of the opening 4 is greater than smooth surface. With other forms of heads the diameterof the rod 1 in order to permit such as a 'screw head for a vise, it is desirable of the shoulders C approximating the depth not only to form the head so that` it will reof the slot 2 to Clear the rod when the rod main on the l.rod but also that it may be is. placed in the opening 4. The rod-is 75 locked against turning on the rod, In my -placed in the opening as shown in Fig.. 3

lPatent #1,106,860, issuedAugust 11th,1914, and the head placed in a die 8, a similar I have shown'a process for forming headed die 9 being carried bythe plunger 10 of the rods which when carried. out may form a hammer. The hammer is of suiicient force rod in accordance with the. invention of this to swage or press the head 3 into spherical 80 application. shape,y the action being practicallya drop The invention is illustrated in the accomforging one and the original shape of the panyingl drawings as follows head being just sufficiently oval so that when Figure 1 shows a section on the line 1-1 the shoulder 6 is forced into the groove 2 in Fig. 5. Fig. 2 la section on the line 2-2 and the end 7 into Contact with the rod, vthe 85 in Fig. 5. Fig. 3 a section onl the line 3 3 head as a whole, assumesspherical shape, in Fig, 4, the section showing the parts of a the malleable metal having sufficient Nductil- I drop hammer for forming the head. Fig. ity to take on the new shape and form a 4 a section on the line 4 4 showing the continuous contact with the rod, the shoulrod in posi-tionv to be assembled. Fig. 5 a ders being forced into'the slots and forming 90 section similar to the section shown in Fig. a close fit with the sides of the slots and also 3 but with the parts in their final position. with the bottoms' of the slots. It will be Fig. 6 a section on the line 6-6 in Fig. 2. lobserved that-the metal back of these shoul- Fig. 7 a side elevation of a headed rod with ders in effectingthis result is somewhat con- 40 a. head@ differently 4vshaped than that. shown densed, the metal of the head being so pro- 95 `in the preceding figures. Fig. '8 a section on' portioned that withV the drop forging acthe lines 8-8 1n Figs. 7 and 9. Fig. 9 a section the final shape is given and the slots 2 tion on the line 94-9 in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 a completely filled. f .section of a-screw rod and head, the section Heretofore the common practice of formbeing on the line 10,-10 in Fig. 11. Fig. 11 ingvise heads has been' to drill the head 100 a section on the line 11-11 in Fig. 10. and put al reduced end of the rod through l 1 marks the rod. The rod is put under a the head and rivet the end of the rod.` The press or hammer and has a slot 2 cut in each diliculty with this process has been that if side of it, these slots extending straight ,i it `was not nicely done, a bur formed along 0 cross the rod with parallel bottoms and the edge of "the riveted portion making 'an 105 rablyparallel sides, the bottoms formundesirable head and at the same time the quare shoulders with the sides of the head was not as securely fastened to the and the sides forming engaging sur-V rod as with the present method. Further- :c'es at right angles to the axis of the rod. moge, the forging Aaction 'of the ,hammer 1 ten s head 3 Iis formed of cast malleableiron to polish .the headso as to'practieally applied to a pipe cutter handle.

iinish the same simply by the process of assembling the rod and head. Heads have also been cast on rods but this, of course, is not practical with both ends of vise/handles Abecause this would involve the insertion of vthis device the shoulders. form a tight lit in an axial as well as a radial direction and this makes a very desirable union.

ln Figs. 7, 8 and 9 I show the invention With this construction not only it is desirable to have the handle securely fastened to the rod and in fixed relation therewith but it must be capable of sustaining considerable turning strain. ln this construction 1a marks the r0d`and 2a the slot in the rod. rlhe rod preferably has the reduced end 12. A head 11 has the rib 6a adapted to lit into the slot 2a. The handle is assembled in a manner similar to the construction shown in the preceding figures.

. shown in weaves In Figs. 10 and 11 l show a screw head, the screw being of the type used for vises. In it the ro 1b is provided with the slots 2b. rlhe head 14C has the shoulders or ribs l5 which lare adapted to be forced into the slots 2b and form a .union between the rod and the head. This head as in 'the head Figs. 7, 8 and 9 is designed to sustain twisting strainonthe rod. rllhe head is provided with the usual which achandle such as formed by the rod 1 is placed.

What I claim as new is An article of manufacture consisting of a rod having a transverse slot therein and a head having an opening with an internal transverse shoulder walls of the opening engaging the rod outsidethe slot, the metal of the head being compressed transversely thereby securing a close fit of the shoulder in the slot and ofthe walls of the opening in the head on the rod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l

Y ALBERT BAYTON.

Witnesses:

A. P. YOCHIM,

P. W. SMITm engaging said slot, the

opening 13 through 

